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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1931.

CORSICAN WAR ON LOST STEAMER

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PUBLIC. WORKS DEPARTMENT.

ADVERTISEMENTS.

NOTICE IS FEREBY GIVEN

I HEREBY NOTIFIED that. 5. WATSON "&" CO., LIMITED, SEALED TENDERS in Tripii bate, which hould be clearly marked' Tender for permission to obtain day from a parcel of Crown Land 4t Cha Kwo Ling, B. D. III, N.

that the Direstora of tho above. named Company have resolved to issue 80,000 shares forming the remaining. wilborsosired at the Colentot part of the uniesued Capital of the Becratary Ofoe until Noon of THEKS. Company and that such shares shall DAY, the ler DECEMBER, 1931, for in the first instance be offered to the the casupation for a period commending persons appearing in the Company's from the date of notification of register of members as shareholders on asceptance of fender and antling on the Ist day of January, 1952, at 31st December, 1934, of the pices or parcel of ground, containing about out

par

BANDITS

GENDARME ARMY IN ACTION.

DRAWING CORDON ROUND

MOUNTAIN LAIRS,

Faris, No 10-The campaign nad on terms and conditions which against the Corsican bandits is en- will be communicated to such persons toring its active phase. Cear 1,800 pewoon who are now or may become

FOUND.

ARCTIC FUR TRADER HELD

FAST IN ICE-FLOES

Point Barrow, Alaska, Dec. 3.- The Hudson

17

Ray Fur-trading 'stemmer, Baythimo, which disap. peared in an Arctic storm while caught fast in the ice has been

luented by an Eskimo who arrived

acre, shown coloured red on plan signed (nt a tutor date. The attention of special police equipped with tanks here to-day on his retuen from

by the Director of Public Works and dated 9th Docsiahor, 1931, bat abject to oartain conditions which cus be ampe, tained at the Office of the Direntor of Public Works,

...

Upeat annual fee $1,000. Each tender must be accompanied by a receipt to the effent that the tenderer has deposited in the Colonia) Treasury sum of $x nsa niedge of the bona fides of his effor, which am stall

before the 1st day of January, 1992 armoured cars, and" aeroplanos, uct the baldera of shares in

Llie above. named Company in respect of which counting the ordinary gendarmeri their names have not been entered in and troops stationed in the island; the Company's register of members in particularly directed to the above resolution and to the fact that in the event of such persons wishing to This formidable force sus out from participa's in the sail offer they should tako immediate stops to have their Ajaccio in feur, columns at

trapping expedition.

The vessel, which is held fast in an ice-floe 15 miles from her origin. are now engaged in cleansing Coral position off Paint Harrow, proves

to he bat Hulle damaged. sice of its pest."

The Captain of the Blychimo proposes an attempt to recover the valuable cargo of furs enrried on

mid.

be forfeited to. the Crown if the tondorer fames autored in the Company's regis. night on Sunday, and by dawn the ship. It is pointed out, how

refuses to carry out his tender and comply with the conditions, should the tender be accepted.

Form of tender and farther partiou lors can be obtained from the Office of the Director of Public Works.

F

The Government does not bind itself to accept the highest or any tender.

HAROLD T CREASY,

Director of Pullio Works.

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11th December, 1931,

G.

R.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS be held on MONDAY, the 218T DAT of DECEMBER. 1991, ..., at tho Offcor of the Public Works Department. by Order of His EXCELLENCY TH# Gorta NOR, of One Lot of CROWN LAND at Waterloo Road, in the Colony of Hong Kong, or a term of 75 years.. with the option of renewal at a Orown Bent to be fired by the Surveyor of HI MAJESTY THE KING, for one further term of 75 years.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Locality.

Kowloon Taland Lot

Footh of Kowloon

Waterloo Road.’

Inland Lot No 2158,

No. of Sale.

Registry No.

FILE

G.

Boundary

Mesauru

monia,

NJUK RW.

As per

Bale plan

Contents in

Aboul

Да

Square feet,

Upset Price.

0000

PUBLIC AUCTION

Rental

3 $

230

11676

15,000

ARTICULARS & CONDITIONS

Pts Snis by Publie Anction to

be bold on MONDAY, the 21ST DAY

of DECEMBER, 1931, at 8 r.M., at the

ter of members; .

JOHN D. BUMPHREYS & SON, «General Managers.

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INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS

& SHIPBUILDERS OF HONG KONG,

the

cargo.

J

ENGINEERING FIRMS

HARD HIT."

yesterday morning each of the units; had established itself in

every that any attempt will be ex- "beedingly dangerous, as tho Bay. strategic point chonen for launching chimo is hve miles from the shere the main operation.

About 40 or 50 arrests have and the ice is not likely to stand up to the transportation of the ready been made, but the captures so far are small fry and are most- y people suspected of complicity with the bandita, such, na those who act as spies or as connecting links between the chiefs and their complices in the towns."

The roal business will only begin Dance will be held in the when the cordon drawn roùnd the Rooms of the Institution on Satur-mountain ridge where the bandits | day, the 19th instant, nature requested to send their applications are hiding begins to close in. At for tickets to the Hon. Secretary as presant all the paths lending to it) soon as possible.

aro guarded, while patrols of four or five men are systematically com-down for one month to-day on ac bing the area enclosed.

NOTICE

MEMBERS are reminded that a

A. L. LANDSBERT,

Hon. Secretary.

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THE "STAR" FERRY/CO., LIMITED,

SLUMP IN STERLING CAUSES CLOSURES IN GERMANY,

Berlin, Dec. 5.-Germany's, and Europe's, largest locomotive works, Henschel und Sohn in Cassel, clored

count of lack of orders. The work The thickness of the maquia ahad "hitherto been kept going m the case of concealment in it makes

most exclusively by a large Sovint it possible, however, for the sear contract which was recently con ches to continue for several days pleted, with a substantial less to the without giving result, and it firm on account of the depreciation pointed out that without loen!)

of the pound sterling. Other Gar

man engineering works are in the same position, as almost all R sian orders in Germany were (eon- tracted for on a pound sterling basis. They are completing Soviel

have no chance of further business orders at a ruinous discount and

once these orders are delivered.

knowledge the searchers might look THE SHARE ORTIFICADRED for ever and fail to come upon the

4264 for HUNDRED flon) SHARES nombord 6890/6739, bandits' hiding place. 78 3/7998 and 89190/39214, in the The police, however, are relying above Company. and standing in the alme of FRANCISCO XAVIER on hunger to drive the quarry int SOARES having book reported lost the open, and they also hope that NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the impression made in the island unless the ORIGINAL CERTIFI DATE is produced within ONE by such a show of force will hava MONTA' from the date thereof, it will

B favourable influence on 'tho. thereafter he held by the Company a

The total loss of German industry NIILL AND VOID, and a NEW mentality of the population and CERTIFICATE for the said shares induce soms of those who have pound sterling slump is now esti on Soviet orders owing to the

hitherto been too scared to talk tomated at 200,000,000 marks, though. open their mouths to the authori- there is still hope that some ar ties

will be issued.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

FE. ORAPNELL.

Secretary.

Hong Kong, 4th Dec., 1931.

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Offices of the Public Works Department. CREDIT FONCIER D'EXTREME-

by Order of EIS EXCELLENOY THE GOVERNO, of One Lot of CROWN LAND at Waterloo Road, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 76 yours, with the option of renewal at a Crown Bent to be fixed by the Surveyor of HI MABETT TUB KINO, for one farther form of 75 years.

| No. of Sala, 1

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Kowloon Island Lot

Registry No,

Inland Let No 2198, Locality. No. 2715.

South of Kowloon

Waterloo Baadi

Q.

Boundary.

Measure.

mente,

NJA...

ft.ft.ft.ift.

Aa per

sula pplnt.

About

Contents in

30,000

Bquare feet.

B.

Annual

Rent.

280

11578

15,000

* Upset Price

PUBLIC AUCTION.

Pthe Sale by Public Auction CARTICULARS & CONDITIONS

to be held on MONDAY, the 218

HYO One

ORIENT.

MORTGAGE BANK AND ESTATE

AGENTS...

"PEAK MANSIONS”

Six-roomed & Five-roamed Apartments

Adapt

PRINCE EDWARD BOAD, KOWLOON,

Detached and Semi-detached Villas Modern Construction with Garaga.

*CAMBAY BUILDINGS"

Blet with Modern ChoveniencePEL

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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT,

TT IS HERERY NOTIFIED that SEALED TENDERS in Triplicate

·which should be olearly markod "Tander for Now Kowloon Quarry Lot No. 3, will be received at the Colonial

DAY, the goru day of DECEMBER Beuretary's Office netli Noon of MON-

Terror of Reprisals,

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rangement will be arrived at with the Soviet under which the German firms would be compensated for at least part of their losses.

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SILVER LOAN TO CHINA

SUGGESTED.

The terror of reprisals in which the inhabitants, live and the di- calty of obtaining any information from them has been one of the principal obstacles to suppressing banditry. The way in which Cor- sien has welcomed the present cam: paiga encourages the belief that the

that is the vast majority, are rency peaceful scation of the population.

to co-operats with the law in ex- terminating their oppressors oner they are convinced that there is

San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 7.—Mr. longer any danger in doing so. J. Marjow, who is described This should prove an important factor in the success of the opera, here as a Shanghai banker, declar tions.

ed to-day that a loan of several

STIMULANT TO WORLD TRADE

GENERALLY..

(

The allegation made by the cor million dollars worth of silver respondent of a London newspaper

would aid greatly in restoring proa-

in Corsica that the gendarmes have

really been despatched there to perity to China, combat Italian Fascists, who had landed secretly in the island,

Mr. Marjow wid that a loan of

rally..

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regarded here as preposterous. The silver o China would and not only reign of terror established by the China in recovering prosperity bat bandita in Corsien is ample justi would stimulate world trade gen- fication for the desire of the French nathorities to eradicate them. There aro about a score of fenders und probably at least 500 wanted mer a large force is not surprising: in all, so that the despatch of such

"Rulos of the Game."

Renter's Nice correspondent de 1931. for the occupation for a period clares that the bandit Micaelli has DAY of DECEMBER, 1981, at & commencing from the date of notifica-written to the French Minister for At the floor of the Public Works

Order Dapartment by

of EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, of Lot of CROWN LAND at "Waterloo Road, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for torn of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Beat to be fired by the Surveyor of His MARTY THz Kuxo, for one further term of 76, Joura,

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

No. of Bale.

Registry No.

Inland Lot No. 2199,

Locality,

Waterloo Road

Kowloon Inland Lot

No. 716.

South of Kowloon

Boundary

Meisure-

meata.

[N] 5.] X.]W,

jft.jft. ft.ft

As par

salo plan

Contenta i

Equare feet

About

10,000

Anual

Rental

| Upset Price.

$114.

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7,600

tion of acceptance of tender and ending. War as follows: "I must respect- on 31st December, 1983, of the piace fully beg to bring to your notice. or parcel of ground as shown coloured the attitude of our local colonal red on a plan sigued by the Director of of gendarmes. By dressing his Public Works and dated 4th December, soldiers in civilian clothes he in 1981, and subject to the conditions neither acting in accord with th which can be ascertained at the office of rules of warfare nor playing the the Director of Public Works.

ne. A soldier should nover fight but in uniform.

Upset manual. Fee $1,100.

EXCHANGE RATES.

(OŽITISH WINĖLEÉS BERVICE)

Rugby, December 18.

Paris New York Montreal... Brussels Geneva Amsterdam

877

3.442

4.27

241

179

Milan.......

07/

In

Berlin... Stockholm Copenhagen Oslo ...... Vienna,.. Prague Helsingfors Madrid Lisbon Athens Bucharest

144

18"

18

18+

99 nom.

118

246

401

1001

200

DEO

Rio

4.5/16

Fach tender must be accompanied Also you must realise the by a roovipt to the effect that the danger which such an action brings tanderer has deposited in the Colonial upon the peaceful inhabitants of Treasury a sum of $100 se a pledge of Corsica and the tourist public. It the bona fides of his offer, which sumis obvious that

fellow- shall be forfeited to the Crown in the bandits will be obliged to take all event of the tenderar, whose tender is, civilians who approach them as accepted, refusing to carry out the gendarmes in plain clothes,

this way regrettable errors, which

terms and conditions of bis tender.

my

On the acceptance of a tender the I myself would be the first to de- deposits of unsuccessfit-tenderers will plors, are almost certain to occur. be returned to them.

while quite plainly all blame would fall directly upon the colonel,"

The Minister for War's repy tỏ this complaint was in the form of a telegram to the colonel in ques- tion requesting him to withdraw this order immediately and worr fing him in the future to pay grea- ter attention to the rules of the

Form of tender and further particu. lars ann be obtained from the offics of the Director of Public Works.

The Government does not bind itself to scoept the highest or any tender. HAROLD T. CREASY,

Dirnoter of Public Works, 11th December, 1981.

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game.

Buenos Aires

Montevideo at Bombay. Shanghai Hong Kong Yokohama Silver:-

Apot..... Forward

40% 31 nom. 1/8 9/10 1/111

1/59/16

119/0

201

907/18

Drink your toasts heartily

as if you meant and felt

the kindly sentiments

you

express. Drink them in something that is

always enjoyable-in something

that will do you good-in fact

DEWAR'S WHISKY!

DEWAR'S

'White Label'

Delicious and Wholesome Confectionery

Handsome boxes and caskets of Chocolates by

CADBURYS

FRYS: " FULLERS

CALEYS

"ROWNTREES

Prices from $2.00 to $35.00 Marzipan and Dessert Sweets by

Murrays and Clarnico

BUTTERED AND FRUIT SWEETS. BY BARKER DOBSON

HANDSOME TINS OF ASSORTED TOFFEES IDEAL PRESENTS FOR THE KIDDIES $4.50 per tin

LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.

GROUND FLOOR

For the convenience of Christmas shoppers, Lane, Crawford's is remaining open every day till 6 p.m... except on Saturday when all departments will be open till 5 p.m

NOT A "BOMB!

seperates the Post Office, and P. and been caused by spontaneous com- O. Building. This was followed by Įbustion " Our representative found MYSTERIOUB EXPLOSION IN by a cloud of smoke and duet and it hard to understand why cinders

P.O, BUILDING.

speculation was rife as to what had theaped into a dustbin' should cause. happened.

an explosion," aven if the cover of When our inquisitive representa the dustbin, was on. However, his tive had made his way to the second informant persisted in the story floor, he was taken to the verandah that the thing just went off by and shown a dustbin." This is itself and it was loft, at that.

What is it, where did it come from 1 I wonder if anyone is hurt," and similar cries were heard near the Post Office about 3 p.m. yes

happened," he was sold, "The explosion tracted large heard, apparently emanating from pile of cinders was heaped into this crowd and caused what little waste the second floor verandah of the bin which contained a lot of waste paper there was in the bin to burn

but the fire was soon put out Post Office, fronting the lone which peper and the explosion must have those on the promises,